Who is Who in Pride and Prejudice
In this story everyone misreads someone. Knowing where each person stands shows you where the misreading comes from. Pick anyone and jump to the chapters they appear in.
The Bennets 7
Five daughters and their parents. With no son, the estate is entailed away to a distant cousin.
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Elizabeth Bennet
the second Bennet daughter. Her father says she has something more of quickness than her sisters, and she delights in anything ridiculous
Relations daughter of Mr. Bennet · daughter of Mrs. Bennet
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Jane Bennet
the eldest Bennet daughter, and by common account the handsomest of the five
Relations daughter of Mr. Bennet · daughter of Mrs. Bennet
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Mrs. Bennet
mother of the five daughters. She brings the Netherfield news first and settles Bingley as a son-in-law
Relations mother of Jane Bennet · mother of Elizabeth Bennet · mother of Mary Bennet · mother of Kitty Bennet · mother of Lydia Bennet · wife of Mr. Bennet · sibling of Mr. Gardiner
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Lydia Bennet
the youngest Bennet daughter. She is not afraid, she says, for though she is the youngest she is the tallest
Relations daughter of Mr. Bennet · daughter of Mrs. Bennet
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Mr. Bennet
father of the five daughters. He lowers every scene with a joke and never helps anyone tell when he is in earnest
Relations father of Jane Bennet · father of Elizabeth Bennet · father of Mary Bennet · father of Kitty Bennet · father of Lydia Bennet · husband of Mrs. Bennet
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Kitty Bennet
the fourth Bennet daughter. Her father says she has no discretion in her coughs and times them ill
Relations daughter of Mr. Bennet · daughter of Mrs. Bennet
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Mary Bennet
the third Bennet daughter. She wants to contribute something worth hearing and cannot find a way to begin
Relations daughter of Mr. Bennet · daughter of Mrs. Bennet
Those who inherited 6
People who were handed land and a name. They stand in the position of choosing.
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Darcy
the master of Pemberley and Bingley's friend. Ten thousand a year. At the assembly he refuses every introduction and walks about the room
Relations sibling of Georgiana Darcy
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Bingley
the young gentleman who takes Netherfield. Four or five thousand a year, and he dances every dance at the assembly
Relations sibling of Caroline
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Lady Catherine de Bourgh
mistress of Rosings in Kent and the patroness who gave Collins his living. She is Darcy's aunt
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Caroline
Bingley's sister. She comes to the assembly with his party
Relations sibling of Bingley
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Colonel Fitzwilliam
Darcy's cousin. About thirty, not handsome, but in person and address most truly the gentleman
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Georgiana Darcy
Darcy's sister. Little more than sixteen, and called proud by people who have taken her shyness for it
Relations sibling of Darcy
Those who must make their own place 3
People with nothing to inherit, who must secure a place through marriage or patronage.
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George Wickham
a militia officer. He says he has been connected with the Darcy family since his infancy, and tells the story of a living he was never given
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Charlotte Lucas
Elizabeth's friend. She says Darcy has a right to be proud, and holds that happiness in marriage is entirely a matter of chance
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William Collins
the distant relation who will inherit Longbourn, and rector of Hunsford. He arranges compliments in advance and works to give them an unstudied air
Those in trade 2
People who earned rather than inherited. They also happen to be the best readers of character here.
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Mrs. Gardiner
Mr. Gardiner's wife, a great favourite with all her Longbourn nieces and a regular correspondent of the two eldest
Relations wife of Mr. Gardiner
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Mr. Gardiner
Mrs. Bennet's brother. He made his money in trade in London and lives within view of his own warehouses
Relations sibling of Mrs. Bennet · husband of Mrs. Gardiner